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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Raytheon Bbn Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Edin Insanic, Belmont, MA (US);
Joshua Cochin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kyle Francis Usbeck, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey Anthony Mazurek, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02);
Abstract
A system for charging rechargeable devices. A landing surface includes a plurality of conductive patches, and a rechargeable device includes a plurality of contacts. The configurations of the conductive patches and of the contacts are selected to establish, when the contacts of the rechargeable device come into contact with the landing surface, a plurality of separate conductive paths between a charger and the rechargeable device.